Create an Account
username: password:
 
  MemeStreams Logo

MemeStreams Discussion

search


This page contains all of the posts and discussion on MemeStreams referencing the following web page: A Spammer Speaks Out (TechNews.com). You can find discussions on MemeStreams as you surf the web, even if you aren't a MemeStreams member, using the Threads Bookmarklet.

A Spammer Speaks Out (TechNews.com)
by Dementia at 12:13 am EDT, May 22, 2003

] As a Senate committee sought answers yesterday on how to
] curb the overwhelming surge of junk e-mail, one of the
] nation's most notorious spammers told members just how
] hard their job would be.
]
] Ronald Scelson, an eighth-grade dropout and self-taught
] computer programmer from Louisiana, riveted the Commerce
] Committee hearing room as he explained that he sends
] between 120 million and 180 million e-mails every 12
] hours.
]
] He boasted that in 24 hours he could crack sophisticated
] software filters designed to block spam.
]
] And he accused Internet providers of hypocrisy in
] claiming to want to protect their customers from
] unsolicited messages.
]
] Large Internet companies spam their own members, he said,
] while other network access providers have signed
] contracts allowing known spammers to send out mass
] e-mail.
]
] "I'm probably the most hated person in this room," said
] an unapologetic Scelson, responding to a parade of
] technology, government and marketing officials who
] decried the purveyors of junk e-mail.

So all we have to do is grab this guy and beat him senseless as an example to spammers, right?


 
RE: A Spammer Speaks Out (TechNews.com)
by Laughing Boy at 1:14 pm EDT, May 23, 2003

Dementia wrote:
] ] As a Senate committee sought answers yesterday on how to
] ] curb the overwhelming surge of junk e-mail, one of the
] ] nation's most notorious spammers told members just how
] ] hard their job would be.
] ]
] ] Ronald Scelson, an eighth-grade dropout and self-taught
] ] computer programmer from Louisiana, riveted the Commerce
] ] Committee hearing room as he explained that he sends
] ] between 120 million and 180 million e-mails every 12
] ] hours.
] ]
] ] He boasted that in 24 hours he could crack sophisticated
] ] software filters designed to block spam.
] ]
] ] And he accused Internet providers of hypocrisy in
] ] claiming to want to protect their customers from
] ] unsolicited messages.
] ]
] ] Large Internet companies spam their own members, he said,
] ] while other network access providers have signed
] ] contracts allowing known spammers to send out mass
] ] e-mail.
] ]
] ] "I'm probably the most hated person in this room," said
] ] an unapologetic Scelson, responding to a parade of
] ] technology, government and marketing officials who
] ] decried the purveyors of junk e-mail.
]
] So all we have to do is grab this guy and beat him senseless
] as an example to spammers, right?

Right. OR do as was done to that spammer in michigan - get Ronald Scelson's home and business addresses* and send him "some" snail mail.

*http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/search.lasso?evidencefile=1070

Laughing Boy


 
 
Powered By Industrial Memetics